We have nominated some contenders, but this is just to get the discussion going: we would like your suggestions so that we can compile the best into final polls that you can vote on. The polls will be published at midday on Tuesday 13 May, so please tell us what you think. Thanks.

Tottenham Hotspur

It was said that they'd "sold Elvis but bought the Beatles" but it transpired that they'd actually purchased a trio of bagpipers, two trombonists, a ballroom dancer and an Argentinian reputed to do a mean solo on the air guitar. And within months of that extravagant investment, they sacked their conductor and replaced him with a novice who wanted to take the team in a completely different direction. They haven't plummeted down the league but neither have they risen or given any indication of having made progress. Because of incoherence from the top, this has been a wasted season for Spurs.

David Moyes

In his post-sacking statement, Moyes said he was "proud to have led the team to the quarter-finals of the Champions League". That that was the best achievement to which he could point showed how inglorious his brief reign was. He was not dealt the strongest hand by Sir Alex Ferguson or Ed Woodward but he played the one he got so badly that he alienated fans, some players and, eventually, his employers. His tactics were as uninspiring as his public utterances, his selections seemed muddled and some of his major decisions, such as awarding Wayne Rooney a new contract or signing Juan Mata, seemed designed to disprove popular perceptions of him rather than to advance the team.

The strikers at the bottom

Grouping these together seems the right thing to do because how are we supposed to decide which of Kostas Mitroglou, Andreas Cornelius and Ricky van Wolfswinkel was the most ill-advised acquisition? Fulham spent £12m on Mitroglou to keep them in the Premier League and then decided he could not even keep Hugo Rodallega out of their team; Cardiff apparently made a similar error with Cornelius, who cost £7.5m, never started a league game and was then sent back whence he came. Norwich thought they'd spent £8.5m wisely when Van Wolfswinkel scored on his debut but that was as good as it got for the Dutchman, whose inability to locate the net left Chris Hughton looking for a new job. Compared to those three, Sunderland's £6.5m signing of Jozy Altidore seems almost a masterstroke. Almost.

Michael Laudrup

How quickly the Dane's star fell, just as it did at previous clubs. Having embellished the Swansea side left to him by Brendan Rodgers and guided them to a trophy and Europe, Laudrup somehow managed to lose his way and the support of one of the most lucid boards in the league. Injuries and an arduous European campaign complicated matters but Laudrup failed to deal with these. "Flop" may not even be the right word: it was more of a pity, especially as, in Wilfried Bony, Swansea had made one of the signings of the summer.

Alan Pardew

After Newcastle thrashed Stoke City on Boxing Day they were one point off the Champions League places and Pardew was fanning Geordie dreams. The manager does not bear all of the blame for Newcastle's shameless collapse after the sale of Yohan Cabaye, nor for the kerfuffle that led to him getting banned for a headbutt, nor for the continuing status of Hatem Ben Arfa as one of the most gifted but most grating players in the Premier League (he could be up there with Eden Hazard or maybe even Cristiano Ronaldo, instead he ranks below Adel Taarabt), but he could be expected to have done more to prevent all of those ridiculous things from happening.